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The ESPON programme 2014-2020 is currently being developed and through this consultation your feedback would be very welcome. The intention is to use the results of this consultation to fine tune the draft Cooperation Programme for ESPON 2020 before submission to the European Commission for approval.

The first interactive USESPON workshop was held in Walferdange (Luxembourg) on 11 July. This workshop showcased a variety of ESPON results with relation to research and innovation in Europe. Invited stakeholders included policy makers and researchers from the innovation field as well as practitioners from the area of European Territorial Cooperation.

The Greek ESPON Contact Point organized, in cooperation with the ESPON Coordination Unit and the ESPONTrain Partners, the Final Transnational ESPONTrain Conference“Are European planners familiar with ESPON findings? Integrating ESPON in higher education and policy making at central, regional and local levels”.

ESPON has published an atlas focusing on the territorial dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy and presenting the regional and, where possible, urban dimension of Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth.

The first interactive USESPON workshop was held in Walferdange (Luxembourg) on 11 July. This workshop showcased a variety of ESPON results with relation to research and innovation in Europe. Invited stakeholders included policy makers and researchers from the innovation field as well as practitioners from the area of European Territorial Cooperation.

ESPON released the first Evidence Brief responding to the demand of policy makers and practitioners to produce short and informative publications that they can use for the
elaboration of development strategies.

The ESPON Synthesis Report connects territorial evidence from ESPON to the eleven key themes for investment of the ESIF. In doing so, it reveals important territorial differences and framework conditions that need to be considered for an efficient and effective use of the investment through ESIF and for achieving the objectives of Europe 2020.